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Dec 1, 2009 25 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

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The Independent:

This picture of an oversize man on an American Airlines flight has heightened the debate about obese passengers who cannot fit into economy seats.

It was sent to www.flightglobal.com’s Kieran Daly. He says it was from an AA Flight attendant with the assurance that it was genuine.

“Sympathise with the guy or not, he’s a major safety hazard in an evacuation, a gross inconvenience for the cabin crew, and I would suggest a totally unacceptable travelling companion for the guy next to him,” says Daly.

One poster on the site, who also claimed to be an AA flight attendant, said the passenger was allowed to stay but “the guy in the middle seat was pulled from the flight and given $$$ voucher for future travel + f/c [free carriage] on the next available flight”.

Daly added: “A good friend of mine had a similar experience sitting next to a guy who was big but I don’t think as big as this, for a long-haul flight and was effectively injured by sitting for several hours in a contorted position with his fellow pax half on top of him. The airline that did that to him was utterly unsympathetic throughout a lengthy correspondence afterwards. OK, Emirates since you ask. Ironically my chum is now in a senior position with another carrier.”


  • jasjfarrell

    The government should just give him a monthly check to stay home and watch TV.

    • mike3481

      That’s probably how he got that way.

  • MinneSoCold

    Huh? I thought Michael Moore flew first class :?: :twisted:

    • Nanny

      No, Michael Moore flies on a private jet – contributing to global warming that he and his fellow libs bitch about!

    • MinneSoCold

      copy that!

      That’s why I’m surprised he flew coach as evident of the above photo :razz:

    • YERMOM

      That is pretty funny.

      If YERMOM was next that that guy, I would be demanding a different seat.

    • MinneSoCold

      Yermom…. I’d be demanding a different flight cause this one is doomed! :razz:

  • jollylama

    good thing it was an aisle seat. had it been a window seat the plane would just make circles.

    • YERMOM

      :beer:

    • mike3481

      Left rudder :!:

      Left rudder :!:

  • killczar

    wow what a sitsmo. he sitsmo than he does anything else.

  • Chuck O

    Figured the guy would be threatening a lawsuit against the airlines since it looks like he has an armrest up his ass for the entire flight.

  • NMPatriot

    When he sits around the house, he REALLY sits around the house… Alright, I know, old joke!

  • ip727

    Any gordo that can’t fit through an overwing emergency exit shouldn’t be allowed to fly.

    Of course he might come in handy to plug any pressure leaks that may occure.

  • http://www.dirtydozensbunker.com Sanders

    I call hoax. The guy isn’t wearing a seatbelt, and the overhead bin doors are open. I’ll wager that plane didn’t take off with him on it.

  • reagan54

    I’m slender because I’m athletic and healthy. Every single time I fly Southwest some huge pig finds me so he/she can spill into my seat.

  • TerryTate

    Make bigger seats…

    :lol:

  • TerryTate

    Or is it bigger planes?

    :lol:

  • dadeo

    Hagrid?

    • Rich C

      :beer: :beer:

  • solomonpal

    I recently sat next to an 80 year old Hmong tribes woman who sneezed and farted all over me. The flight attendants were falling all over themselves to be nice to her. Just sayin.I’m neutral. They were allies in Nam.

  • http://VillageIdiotPictures.com The Village Idiot

    I remember having the Obesity Lawyer come in and talk to us in Human Resources class at LMU. He ranted and raved about rights that obese people had in the workplace, but he never talked about the costs that their lifestyles impart.

    Like the healthcare costs that they incur on their employer’s insurance.

    Or the responsibility to purchase the amount of seat space in relation to their asses.

    Fat people need a reality check. In a court of law.

  • vehement

    If my carry on has to fit in a certain size box, then this asshole should have to fit through to metal detector to get on a flight!

  • Sully

    The only hope for that guy is that the social engineers reach him in time.
    They’ll rehabilitate his beer-guzzlin, twinkie-scarfin fat ass toot sweet.
    Make that fucker PAY they will.

  • GRIZZ

    Nancy Pelosis source for botox :shock: